Follow-up: WordCamp 2017 (2017.10.07-08, CCIR Bucharest)

(note - for the full follow-up, please see: Follow-up: WordCamp 2017 (2017.10.07-08, CCIR Bucharest) – Olivian.ro – by Olivian Breda) WordCamp Bucharest in numbers:

• Tickets sold: 260
• Attendees: 247
• Organizers: 13
• Volunteers: 12
• Presentations: 14
• Speakers: 17
• Sponsors: 17, 7 local, 5 global, 5 international
• Countries represented: 13 (Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Netherlands, Scotland, Germany, Georgia, Poland, England, Ukraine, USA, Bulgaria, Switzerland)
• #wcbuc tweets: 204

Sponsors This year we were overwhelmed by the support received from the sponsors. We can’t stress enough that WordCamp cannot happen without their involvement. Here’s to the companies that helped us this year: WooCommerce, JetPack, CaptainForm, WPZoom, SiteGround. TranslatePress (our Gold Sponsors), to GoDaddy, Bluehost, Crowd Favorite, (our Silver Sponsors), and to WPML, WPRiders, Yoast and ThemeIsle (our Bronze Sponsors). We’ve had an extensive line-up this year with topics covering theme development, automation tools, security, online marketing, business strategies and many more. All wrapped up in one conference day with a single track and 14 presentations. Some of the presentation slides can be found online:

• Ulrich Pogson- Improving code through automation
• Alex Denning – A tale of two product launches
• Ionut Neagu – A practical guide to launch, grow and monetize a blog
• Cristian Antohe – WordPress in more languages
• Vineet Talwar – How to effectively utilize services of Amazon Cloud to boost performance of your WordPress Website
• Vassilena Valchanova –Growth experiments: lessons from a failed attempt

Volunteers and organizers Finally, a big round of applause to the organizing team that has been preparing this event since early May. Everything from venue to catering, website, communications, to speakers sessions must be thought through and prepared in advance. Big up to the volunteers team who was spot on in handling registration, taking care of the speakers and making sure things are in place during the event. Also, see:

• The #WCBUC Aftermath | WordCamp Bucharest 2017
• Our first WordCamp sponsorship in-person: reporting on WordCamp Bucharest 2017
• A Few Takeaways from WordCamp Bucharest — Pixelgrade
• WordCamp București 2017 – Luminita Ciobanu
• The Value of Sponsoring a WordCamp from TranslatePress Perspective

(note - for the full follow-up, please see: Follow-up: WordCamp 2017 (2017.10.07-08, CCIR Bucharest) – Olivian.ro – by Olivian Breda)